Love Far Beyond the Ashes

Pure Rage

Suisei pov:I bit my lip in annoyance. Mikochi was really frustrating me. She just doesn't listen. I keep trying to give her a chance, but it just won't work.

"Are you okay?" Azkichi asked me

"No, I'm sorry you have to see me like this again," I told her.

"I hate seeing you like this, but I get it," Anemachi told me.

"Honestly, I think you deserve to be mad." Sora-chan said

"Uhm... Sui-chan, I don't know how to defuse this situation." Toko-chan told me as she clung to me gently.

My heart began to race, and I started to calm down. "I'm not mad, Toko-chan," I said softly to reassure her, but her voice kept echoing in my head, her deep voice making my heart race.

"You seem mad, Sui-chan," Toko said softly.

"I'm really not mad. I'm just dissapointed Mikochi is in love with me; I can tell, but she is so annoying." I groaned

"What is annoying about her?" Toko-chan asked

"She only has one track mind; it's irritating because she acts like I'm already hers, so she doesn't listen to me." I said

"Well, maybe she can't help it," Toko-chan said.

"It's also the fact that we met up for the first time in a while, and she and I have done nothing but butt heads; we really have trouble getting along," I stated.

"Mikochi was just mad that Azkichi and I were together, so her judgment was clouded." Sora-chan said

"You can't just defend everything she says and does, Sora; you are such a goodie-goodie." I scoffed

"Okay, Sui-chan, this is a bit uncalled for." Azkichi said

"I know, but can't you tell I'm frustrated?" I yelled

"We can see that, sis, but please calm down." Anemachi sighed

"If she needs to calm down, I can help with that," a middle-aged man said.

Azkichi, Sora, and I perked up at the voice, knowing who it was immediately.

"Yagoo..." I growled

"Don't say my name like that. I just went and paid your council friends a visit and killed them," he told us.

I lunged at him clutching my axe, and he looked at me in horror, "Wait!" He screamed as I slashed him. As blood began to spray out of him, he fell to his knees immediately, getting kicked by both Sora and Azki at the same time, causing him to fall face first.

Red and black energy erupted as he stood back up, slowly regenerating.

"I thought you got rusty; why are you so strong!?" He asked

"Why are you still so weak? I thought you were supposed to be the threat of the universe, a calamity, as you would say," I laughed.

He clamped his teeth together as his muscles began to expand, and he punched me in the stomach, "Blegh!" I coughed, spitting blood, and was sent flying back only to be caught by Toko-chan.

"Are you okay?" She asked me

"Yeah, I'm all right. The problem is, that he's an annoyance." I sighed

"Then let's kill him!" Toko-chan

"He's like a cockroach." I growled

"Well, the two of us should be able to beat him easily." Toko-chan said

"Everyone here can kick his ass, but the problem is that he can heal fast. We'd be better off running..." I sighed

"No, we probably can't run." Anemachi told us

"Yeah, that's the cowards' way out, I know, but I'd rather run than fight him for an hour." I groaned

"Oh, are you going to run? Are you scared?" Yagoo asked

I took a deep breath and sighed, "You want to die?" I asked

"You don't have the guts to kill me," Yagoo stated.

"Oh, I don't have the guts." I said

I ran at him as fast as I could, launching myself past him. "You did nothing!" He laughed I smirked and counted two seconds. "Grk," he said as his chest suddenly exploded.

"I carved open your chest," I said.

"Interesting," he said calmly as he healed almost instantly.

"Dieeeeee!" Toko-chan screamed as she kicked him. I watched as his head flew off his neck and crashed into the ground, burrowing into it.

"Good job, Toko-chan!" I said happily.

"Please praise me more, Sui-chan!" She said

I laughed and walked over to her, beginning to pet her slightly.

"Damn you!" Yagoo screamed as his head reattached to the body, but he was pinned down by Sora and Azki.

"You are pathetic." Sora-chan sighed

"After all these years, you still can't beat us." Azkichi laughed

"You are cheaters!" Yagoo screamed

"Whatever you say..." I told him

"You... I'll kill you all for this!" He screamed

"Probably not," Anemachi sighed.

"Wait, where are that glasses woman, the robot, and that shrine maiden?" Yagoo asked

"They all have names..." I stated

"Yeah, yeah, A-chan, Roboco, and-" he paused for a moment.

"Miko..." Sora-chan said

"Yeah, I was going to say that!" Yagoo replied

"Those three are all the way in the back. I'm mad at Mikochi right now, but I'm not going to let you harm her," I said.

"How will you do that?" Yagoo asked me

"Well, I'll kill you." I sighed

"And how will you do that?" He asked again.

"With my axe..." I told him.

"But how can you do that when my hand is through your stomach?" He asked

"What are you on about?" I asked

Suddenly he vanished, making Sora-chan and Azkichi fall to the ground. I felt something slam into me and a hand come out of my back.

"Oh, this happened," I sighed.

"You are the second woman to not react to that. What the hell is wrong with you people!?" He asked

"I'm a shooting star." I told him as I kicked him away.

"Tsk... I probably should retreat for now," he said.

"Oh, you're running away?" I asked

"Damn you," he hissed as he vanished.

Toko-chan ran up to me and let me lean on her shoulder as Anemachi inspected the wound.

I had a thought: why would Yagoo show himself even though he clearly was outclassed?